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The boat that mooed

Fry, Christopher

Tom Crunch lives on a boat with his Uncle Jack. The only problem is that Tom is very bored, because his Uncle doesn't talk to him. In a big fog, Tom ventures out on a small boat. He meets a friend and a swan to keep him company while they look for the sky and sun which are lost in the fog.

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birds, boat, fishing, fog, imagination, sounds, stress management, sun, swan, transportation, verbal communication, weather

Raven: A trickster tale from the pacific northwest

MacDermott, Gerald

A raven flies into a dark world and wants to bring light to the people. He journeys to the house of the Sky Chief. After exploring he takes the sun in his mouth and places it in the sky giving light to the world.

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birds, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, folktale, helping, raven, sun, travel

The island-below-the-star

Rumford, James

Five brothers decide to go on an adventure to discover the Island-below-the-Star. They each have a love for something in nature. By using their talents and working together, the brothers overcome obstacles on their journey to the island.

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adventures, assertiveness, author's note, birds, boat, bodies of water, clouds, discovery, exploration, family, fish, fishing, food, goal setting, hawaiian, history, island, moon, multicultural, nature, nutrition, ocean, rain, siblings, stars, storm, sun, transportation, weather, wind

The birds

McCrea, James//McCrea, Ruth

Two birds like to go sailing everyday until they realize their umbrella is taken during hottest hours of the day. They catch the thief and compromise in order to make everyone happy.

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birds, boat, compromise, conflict resolution, critical thinking, disappearance, friendship, reptiles, sun, transportation, turtle, verbal communication

Snowballs

Ehlert, Lois

Children wait for a big snowday to make their snow family. They create a dad, mom, boy, girl, baby, dog, and cat by using objects found around the house. When the sun comes out, the family melts away.

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animals, author's note, birds, cardinal, cat, clothing, critical thinking, decision making, dog, food, goal setting, nutrition, recipe, seasons, snow, spring, squirrel, sun, winter

The day the rooster didn't crow

Kruse, Max

Spiros is a farmer who depends on his crow to get every day started. One day, the rooster was depressed and wouldn't crow because the world was dark. Finally, Spiros tricks his rooster into crowing again.

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birds, careers, chicken, deception, depression, farm, feelings, nonverbal communication, sun

This is the sunflower

Schaefer, Lola M.

A tall and bright sunflower follows the cycle of a plant. A variety of different birds help scatter the seeds, rain and sun nourish the seeds and before you know it, there are more and more vibrant sunflowers.

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author's note, birds, bluejay, cardinal, cycle, flowers, garden, mockingbird, nature, poetry, rhyme, song, sun

The gummi bear counting book

Boegehold, Lindley

One lonely bear sits by himself and has nothing to do. He is joined by another, and eventually is joined by eight more. They all participate in several fun activities together.

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animals, balloon, bear, colors, counting, dancing, exercise, food, glasses, numbers, party, rhyme, sequence, sleep, sun, swimming

Wake up farm!

Tresselt, Alvin

Many different farm animals begin to wake each other up and start their days. Finally, the little boy who lives on the farm wakes and begins his day. This farm is full of many sights and sounds.

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barn, bee, birds, cat, chicken, chipmunk, cow, dog, donkey, duck, farm, five senses, food, goose, horse, morning, night, nutrition, pig, sheep, sky, sleep, sounds, stars, sun, turkey

The turnaround wind

Lobel, Arnold

Everyone goes out to enjoy the beautiful day. A troublesome wind comes blowing through but leaves quickly. Everyone is still happy after the wind left.

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baby, chaos, day, nonverbal communication, royalty, sun, weather, wind

Na-ni

Deveaux, Alexis

Na-ni waits all day with much excitement for the mailman to bring his mom's welfare check. He is going to get a bike!But, his plans fall through when a thief breaks into his mailbox and steals it.

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anticipation, community, fly, goal setting, neighbors, robbery, sun, verbal communication

Rain

Stojic, Manya

On the African savanna, the animals are all excited to pass on information about the storm to others. The animals use their five senses to experience and predict the needed rain.

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africa, animals, baboon, colors, cycle, five senses, food, lightning, lion, nonverbal communication, plants, porcupine, rain, rhinoceros, sight, smell, sounds, sun, taste, touch, weather, zebra

A yoga parade of animals

Mainland, Pauline

Yoga is an activity that children can experience in many forms. Children can imitate the ways animals move and position themselves to help relax the body and free the mind.

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alligator, amphibians, animals, bee, birds, blackbird, body parts, camel, colors, eagle, emotions, exercise, feelings, frog, giraffe, health, insects, lion, nonfiction, parade, sleep, snake, storks, stress management, sun, swimming, tiger, walking, whale, worm, yoga

Cock-a-doodle dudley

Peet, Bill

Dudley the rooster is the only one to wake up to the sun each day. When goose chases him into the forest, the sun doesn't rise the next day. Hector the horse rescues him, and the day goes on.

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animals, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, forest, fox, goose, horse, pig, rescue, self esteem, sun, turkey, verbal communication

One hot summer day

Crews, Nina

Summertime brings really hot weather, but there's still things to do for fun in the sun and shade. Soon the weather brings a storm which cools the temperatures and brings with it a different fun.

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african american, animals, art, dancing, dog, exercise, five senses, food, games, multicultural, nutrition, play, playground, rain, seasons, shadows, storm, summer, sun, umbrella, weather

Harry by the sea

Zion, Gene

On a hot day at the beach, Harry cannot stay cool. He suddenly is covered with seaweed and everyone mistakes him as a sea monster, even his family!

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animals, beach, bodies of water, cold, dog, exercise, family, lost, mistake, monsters, nonverbal communication, parents, plants, sea, siblings, sun, uniqueness, verbal communication, walking

The paperboy

Pilkey, Dav

While everyone else is still asleep, the paperboy is up making his rounds. He has to get up very early and get dressed, eat breakfast, and fold his papers. When he is finally done delivering his papers, he goes back to bed just when everyone else is getting up.

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animals, bicycle, biking, cold, community, dog, dreams, exercise, feelings, goal setting, happiness, morning, neighbors, newspaper, responsibilities, routine, sleep, sun, temperature, work

Black cat

Myers, Christopher

Black cat creeps through the city streets looking for a home. He encounters many things on his journey including chain-link fences, children playing and jeeps passing in the streets. Observe the sights and sounds of the city while discovering where black cat calls home.

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animals, art, basketball, car, cat, community, exploration, homeless, noise, observation, photograph, playground, playing, poetry, sports, subway, sun

Bub or the very best thing

Babbitt, Natalie

The king and queen, wanting only the best for Bub, start asking everyone what they think is the best thing for Bub. Finally, the cook's daughter suggests that the king and queen ask Bub what is best.

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animals, assertiveness, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, family, love, parents, sleep, sun, verbal communication

The rain came down

Shannon, David

The rain creates unexpected chaos one Saturday morning. The endless arguments in houses and on the street turn into disaster, until the rain finally stops.

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airplane, animals, argument, beauty, birds, car, careers, cat, chicken, colors, dog, five senses, food, humor, moods, noise, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, rain, rainbow, running, sleep, stress management, sun, taxi, technology, television, transportation, truck, umbrella, verbal communication, weather

What's alive

Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner

Understand the simple distinctions between living and nonliving things. Experience the living things through plants and animals. Experience the nonliving things through objects such as a rock. The cycles of life and materials for living are explained as well.

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animals, birds, books, cat, death, dog, dolls, environment, food, jumping, nutrition, plants, sun, survival, water

Cat's colors

Cabrera, Jane

What is cat's favorite color? Cat visits the ten most popular colors to try and decide which color is his favorite. In the end the decision is easy. Cat's favorite color is orange, which is the color of his mom!

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animals, bat, bee, birds, cat, clouds, colors, cow, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, flowers, happiness, kindness, lobster, love, mouse, nature, parents, sand, sheep, sky, sun, worm

Market day

Ehlert, Lois

Morning comes with the crow of the chickens and the animals must be tended. Everyone in town packs up and heads off to market day. They pass many animals in the fields as they go to the town square in trucks, on motorcycles, and in carts to buy and sell at the market.

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amphibians, animals, birds, bull, business, butterfly, chicken, farm, fish, food, frog, goose, market, mexican, motorcycle, multicultural, play, rhyme, sheep, snake, south american, sun, transportation, truck, turkey, work

The north wind and the sun

La Fontaine

The north wind and the sun compete with each other on who can make a man take off his cloak. The wind tries to force the cloak off of the man, but is unsuccessful. The sun makes everything warm, and the man takes off his cloak through the sun's gentleness.

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animals, bodies of water, clothing, conflict resolution, fear, stress management, sun, verbal communication, weather, wind

The bird, the monkey, and the snake in the jungle: a rebus book

Banks, Kate

The bird, the monkey, and the snake all share a tree for a home in the jungle. They don't always get along, but when their tree falls over, they must go in search of a new home. Just when it seems like every home is already taken, they meet the frog who offers to share his home. Now that there are four in the tree, they must all get along.

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animals, bat, birds, conflict resolution, crocodile, flowers, friendship, frog, homeless, jungle, monkey, moon, nature, reptiles, sharing, snake, spider, squirrel, stars, sun, tiger, tree

Oh!

Henkes, Kevin

Oh!How white everything is in the morning when it snows. Everyone wants to play in the snow. Squirrels, cats, dogs, rabbits, and children get excited to play in the snow. When the sun goes down, the snow looks blue and play time is over for everyone.

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animals, birds, cat, dog, fun, play, playing, rabbit, seasons, snow, squirrel, sun, weather, winter

Two by two: The untold story

Hewitt, Kathryn

Noah builds a boat to sail two of every animal for forty days and forty nights. It starts out as a pleasure trip until the rain becomes a problem. All the animals fight but in the end, they learn a valuable lesson never to be forgotten again.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, boat, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, family, feelings, fight, flood, food, frustration, goal setting, happiness, nutrition, parents, pig, rabbit, rain, sea, siblings, stress management, sun, transportation, vacation, weather, wolf

The singing chick

Stenmark, Victoria

The song of a very cheerful chick cannot be stopped, even after becoming lunch. Soon the fox, the wolf, and the bear are all singing his happy song.

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animals, bear, birds, family, feelings, happiness, parents, sadness, sequence, sky, sounds, sun, wolf

One fine day

Bang, Molly

From morning until bedtime, a child plays with toys to experience one fine day of activities.

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animals, beach, bear, car, cat, cleanliness, clouds, colors, five senses, food, friendship, hygiene, nutrition, play, rain, shadows, sleep, sounds, sun, toys, wind

Tractor

Brown, Craig

A tractor pulls many different types of machines in order to plant and cultivate a crop of food. Once the corn grows, the farmer uses another machine to harvest it for market.

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animals, barn, careers, farm, food, learning, machines, market, plants, rain, sun, tractor, transportation, wagon, weather, work

Baby duck and the bad eyeglasses

Hest, Amy

Baby duck dislikes her new eyeglasses. She believes they look bad and hinder her ability to play. Her grandpa convinces her that her glasses are not so terrible after all.

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animals, baby, birds, boat, bodies of water, change, colors, conflict resolution, counting, dancing, duck, embarrassment, exercise, family, glasses, grandparents, health, lake, music, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, park, play, reading, self esteem, sight, song, sun, verbal communication, vision, walking

Before the storm

Yolen, Jane

On this hot summer day not much activity is taking place. The dog is laying around trying to keep cool and the children were not active. When one of the children gets the hose out, everyone became excited to be cooled off. A storm came through and it rained all day. The rain caused the children to wish for the hot summer sun.

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animals, art, beverage, books, boredom, family, parents, rain, reading, seasons, siblings, storm, summer, sun, verbal communication, water, weather

african american, animals, birds, boredom, cat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, exercise, family, feelings, forest, games, giants, imagination, inventions, island, jungle, library, lost, magic, maps, monsters, multicultural, mythical, park, penguin, photograph, playing, rain, siblings, sun, verbal communication, weather

Hurry!

Haas, Jesse

Hurry!Hurry!If the grass gets wet, then the hay will spoil. Grandpa, Grandma, and Nora work hard to gather the hay before the gray clouds bring the rain. Cooperation and commitment help the family successfully gather the hay.

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accomplishment, ambition, animals, barn, challenges, cooperation, crisis, decision making, determination, five senses, hard work, horse, problem solving, protection, rain, relief, responsibilities, smell, sounds, sun, transportation, wagon, weather, wind, worry

Cat heaven

Rylant, Cynthia

Past the stars, the moon, and the sun is where cat heaven is, and every cat knows the way there. With trees to climb, toys to play with, angel laps to purr in, and food to eat, all cats love going to cat heaven and God loves having them there too!

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acceptance, activities, affection, angel, animals, cat, celebration, climbing, community, death, exploration, family, food, garden, god, kindness, moon, nature, pets, sky, stars, sun, tree

A garden alphabet

Wilner, Isabel

In this alphabet garden, you will experience the process of planting a garden through spring, summer, and autumn. While tending to your garden, you may even meet a variety of animals that may lend a hand during the process.

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alphabet, amphibians, animals, autumn, cooperation, dedication, dog, food, frog, garden, nonverbal communication, nutrition, plants, rabbit, rain, seasons, spring, summer, sun, weather

One round moon and a star for me

Mennen, Ingrid

A young boy looks at the stars and the sun as it warms his father's land. His mother has a new baby and his father explains that he is his papa too. Then he shows the boy his own moon and star.

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african american, baby, family, moon, multicultural, parents, self esteem, stars, sun, verbal communication

One step, two

Zolotow, C.

A little girl takes her mother for a walk and shows her all the wonderful things to see.

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affection, colors, curiosity, discovery, exercise, family, five senses, nature, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, sight, sun, verbal communication, walking, weather, wind

It's spring

Minarik, Else Holmelund

Pit and Pat are very excited because it is spring. These cats use all their energy to jump over various things.

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adventures, animals, bodies of water, cat, excitement, exercise, friendship, happiness, jumping, moon, mountains, nonverbal communication, plants, river, seasons, spring, sun, verbal communication

Willy and may

Schachner, Judith Byron

A young girl has a special relationship with her Aunt May and Willy, her aunt's bird. The girl is only able to visit them twice a year, but always has an unforgettable time. When the girl's mother becomes ill the summer trip is cancelled and Aunt May plans to visit over Christmas. Unfortunately, a huge snowstorm makes the trip nearly impossible, but with the help of a Christmas friend Aunt May and Willy arrive safely.

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activities, affection, birds, canary, caring, celebration, christmas, communication, conflict resolution, correspondence, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, food, friendship, generations, health, hobby, illness, independence, individuality, injury, love, loyalty, memories, nonverbal communication, performance, sadness, santa, seasons, sharing, snow, summer, sun, swimming, travel, vacation, verbal communication, walking, weather, winter, worry

Olivia

Falconer, Ian

Olivia, a very active pig, wears everyone out during her daily activities. From waking up, going to the beach, dancing and playing, Olivia has a busy day.

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acting, activities, animals, argument, art, bath, beach, bedtime, books, compromise, dancing, exercise, family, health, imagination, imitation, museum, pets, pig, pretend, routine, sand, sleep, sun, teeth, verbal communication

Hildilid's night

Ryan, C

An old woman hates the night and decides to try to get rid of it. One evening, she stays up and tries to catch the night, but is unsuccessful. When the sun arises, she is so tired she cannot enjoy the sunlight.

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acceptance, change, creativity, decision making, determination, fear, feelings, goal setting, night, nonverbal communication, sun

Sophie and the new baby

Anholt, Laurence

A new baby is coming, and Sophie's going to be a big sister!She helps her mother and father prepare for the arrival of the baby, but when her little brother is born, she wishes that her family could give him back!Sophie slowly begins to realize that having a new brother might not be so bad after all.

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acceptance, affection, anticipation, appreciation, attention, autumn, baby, birth, carriage, change, cold, conflict resolution, confusion, decision making, disappointment, dolls, family, feelings, giving, jealousy, loneliness, moon, morning, night, nonverbal communication, parents, patience, pregnancy, preparation, resentment, seasons, secrets, snow, spring, sun, verbal communication, walking, winter, woods

The eensy-weensy spider

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Travel beyond the waterspout -- out into the garden, pond, brook, shoe store, and even the park with this determined spring-loving spider. Sing the all-time classic tune or just read with rhythm!This book will catch you in its colorful web and keep you on your toes as you advance beyond the traditional limits.

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acceptance, accidents, accomplishment, activities, adventures, affection, amphibians, anticipation, baby, bath, bedtime, beetle, birds, bodies of water, body parts, brook, bully, butterfly, caring, caterpillar, change, climbing, clothing, colors, community, companion, compromise, confidence, conflict resolution, cooperation, counting, courage, curiosity, cycle, dancing, decision making, determination, direction, discovery, dragonfly, duck, environment, exercise, family, fish, flowers, frog, fun, garden, grasshopper, injury, insects, instruments, language, morning, moving, music, nature, numbers, parade, parents, park, plants, pond, practice, rain, rhyme, routine, seasons, sharing, shopping, skipping, sleep, song, spider, spring, success, sun, swimming, travel, verbal communication, walking, weather, worm

Night city

Wellington, Monica

At nighttime, most children go to sleep. However, many people in the city do not. Find out what goes on all around the city throughout the night when many people are sleeping and dreaming.

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art, cleanliness, dancing, light, morning, music, newspaper, night, sleep, sun, time, work

When the sun rose

Berger, Barbara Helen

A lonely little girl had an imaginary playmate come one sunny day. She brought color, warmth, and enjoyment. The playmate left when the sun set with a promise to return when the sun rose the next day.

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colors, fable, feelings, friendship, goal setting, imagination, nature, nonverbal communication, sun

Camels

Jango-Cohen, Judith

The word camel comes from the arabic word jamil, meaning beauty. Learn more about this animal through reading about its diet, birth and growth, and even camels on a racetrack! A glossary and index give you more information for other texts and websites.

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africa, animals, arabian, asian, australian, author's note, behavior, camel, china, desert, diversity, drought, glossary, iranian, mountains, multicultural, nonverbal communication, sand, science, south american, sun, temperature, verbal communication

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